Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

VIII. Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
1. "I think we should open new branches in Europe." "_____________"
A. Sorry to overhear you talking about opening new shops.
B. Sorry for interrupting, but are you talking about opening new branches?
C. I couldn't help overhearing you talking about opening new branches.
D. Can you tell me about opening new shops?
2. "The flood last night destroyed my grandparents' house and damaged all of theircrops. And..."
      " _________  "
A. I'm certain about it. It was really a great flood.
B. Hold on. How can you get the news?
C. Hold on. Are they safe?
D. That's very good news.
3. "We should meet outside the hall at 7 o'clock tonight and ..."
  " __”,but I think we should be there at 8 o'clock because the meeting starts at half past eight."
A. Sorry for interrupting                 C. Please let me finish        
B. Sorry for disturbing                    D. No problem, go ahead
4. "First, heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the onion and bacon. Then,..."
        " _________  "
A. Excuse me! I didn't see you there.
B. Hold on. Can you repeat that, please?
C. Pardon? Can you spell that again, please?
D. Hold on a minute while I get my breath back.
5. "The hospital in our district has refused to take in any more injured people."
     " _________  "
A.    That's shocking!    B. That's a relief.    C. How wonderful!      D. Wow!
IX. Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
1. -Alice: First, let’s meet Linh and Tim, who will...
        - Minh: ________ but my name’s Minh, not Linh.
        A. Hi everybody,                     B. You don’t get it right,
        C. Sorry for interrupting,        D. It’s not correct,
2. - Lan: I think when translation machines become popular, translators will lose their jobs.
        -Anne: ________ Are translation machines work similarly as googletranslation app?
        A. Certainly.         B. Good idea.         C. Hold on.         D. They will.
3. - Nick: In the future, we’ll use telepathy for personal communication.
        - Nam: ________ Can you repeat that, please?
        A. Hold on.         B. No, we don’t.         C. Sure!        D. I don’t like that.
4. - Tom: ________
        - Nam: Sorry for interrupting, but the speaker’s from the Language Club, not theTechnology one.
A. Let’s meet our speaker, Mr Lee.
B. We’ll have a discussion with Mr Lee from the Technology Club about....
C. This is an introduction of the different clubs in our school.
D. Is that man Mr Lee, Nam?
5. - Minh: ________
- Tom: Hold on. Did you say in 2040?
A. What do you think about the future of communication?
B. Hand phones will be out-of-date.
C. What brings about changes in communication?
D. In 2040, we’ll no longer use hand phones for communication.